"The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of……" — Jo Walton
"The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of immersion, this journey. It's not, I'm pretty sure, actually true, but that makes it more amazing, that someone could make it all up. Reading it changes everything."
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23 Quotes by Jo Walton
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If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.
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I had said that Le Guin's worlds were real because her people were so real, and he said yes, but…
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I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I…
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There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books There’s interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall…
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It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.
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If you love books enough, books will love you back.
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There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.
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Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to…
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You know, class is like magic. There's nothing there you can point to, it evaporates if you try to analyse…
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I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half…
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One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and…
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Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but…
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